Written By Lexx Thornton Clarice Phelps is the first Black woman to help discover a new periodic table element. “Taking a seat at the periodic table didn’t happen overnight; it was actually a 20-year journey,” she said in a TSU interview. The element is known as Tennessine (Ts), number 117, and it is classified as a halogen. How did she get to her discovery? Phelps is a Tennessee State University graduate — her love of science started in chemistry class during her 10th grade year of high school. After graduating from TSU, she achieved several milestones along her path to
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